Table 2 Validation of MR association between risk factors and skin cancer risk using SNP instruments derived from independent non-overlapping subset of UKB

From: Uncovering the complex relationship between balding, testosterone and skin cancers in men

Cancer outcome

Risk factors

With all SNP instruments identified from entire UKB cohort

With only SNP instruments that has p < 1e−5 in independent UKB dataset

\({P}_{{UKB}}\)

\(O{R}_{{UKB}}\)

\({P}_{{QSKIN}}\)

\(O{R}_{{QSKIN}}\)

\({P}_{{META}}\)

\(O{R}_{{META}}\)

\({P}_{{UKB}}\)

\(O{R}_{{UKB}}\)

\({P}_{{QSKIN}}\)

\(O{R}_{{QSKIN}}\)

\({P}_{{META}}\)

\(O{R}_{{META}}\)

all KC

MPB

1.45E-04

1.17 (1.08 to 1.27)

0.78

1.03 (0.85 to 1.24)

2.94E-04

1.15 (1.06 to 1.23)

3.86E-03

1.16 (1.05 to 1.28)

0.35

1.11 (0.89 to 1.37)

2.61E-03

1.15 (1.05 to 1.26)

TotalT

0.83

1.01 (0.93 to 1.1)

0.3

1.15 (0.88 to 1.5)

0.61

1.02 (0.94 to 1.10)

0.81

1.01 (0.93 to 1.10)

0.32

1.15 (0.87 to 1.52)

0.6

1.02 (0.94 to 1.11)

FreeT

0.61

0.96 (0.83 to 1.12)

0.89

0.97 (0.66 to 1.44)

0.6

0.96 (0.84 to 1.11)

0.61

0.96 (0.81 to 1.13)

0.74

0.94 (0.63 to 1.39)

0.55

0.95 (0.82 to 1.11)

SHBG

0.22

1.05 (0.97 to 1.12)

0.59

1.05 (0.88 to 1.24)

0.18

1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)

0.22

1.05 (0.97 to 1.12)

0.59

1.05 (0.88 to 1.25)

0.18

1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)

BCC

MPB

1.84E-03

1.15 (1.05 to 1.26)

0.49

1.1 (0.84 to 1.43)

1.32E-03

1.15 (1.06 to 1.25)

0.02

1.14 (1.02 to 1.28)

0.31

1.17 (0.87 to 1.58)

0.01

1.15 (1.03 to 1.27)

TotalT

0.37

1.04 (0.95 to 1.15)

0.29

1.18 (0.86 to 1.62)

0.25

1.06 (0.96 to 1.15)

0.45

1.04 (0.94 to 1.15)

0.5

1.12 (0.81 to 1.55)

0.36

1.05 (0.95 to 1.15)

FreeT

0.85

0.98 (0.83 to 1.16)

0.75

0.93 (0.57 to 1.5)

0.78

0.98 (0.84 to 1.14)

0.77

0.97 (0.81 to 1.17)

0.54

0.87 (0.55 to 1.37)

0.62

0.96 (0.81 to 1.14)

SHBG

0.13

1.07 (0.98 to 1.16)

0.39

1.11 (0.88 to 1.39)

0.08

1.07 (0.99 to 1.15)

0.12

1.07 (0.98 to 1.16)

0.35

1.11 (0.89 to 1.40)

0.08

1.07 (0.99 to 1.16)

SCC

MPB

2.35E-06

1.31 (1.17 to 1.46)

0.65

1.08 (0.77 to 1.53)

4.25E-06

1.28 (1.15 to 1.43)

1.33E-04

1.29 (1.13 to 1.48)

0.48

1.15 (0.77 to 1.72)

1.19E-04

1.28 (1.13 to 1.45)

TotalT

0.24

0.92 (0.81 to 1.05)

0.31

1.24 (0.82 to 1.87)

0.41

0.95 (0.84 to 1.08)

0.49

0.95 (0.83 to 1.09)

0.42

1.19 (0.77 to 1.84)

0.68

0.97 (0.85 to 1.11)

FreeT

0.46

0.92 (0.75 to 1.14)

0.82

1.07 (0.58 to 1.99)

0.54

0.94 (0.77 to 1.15)

0.59

0.94 (0.77 to 1.16)

0.79

1.09 (0.57 to 2.09)

0.67

0.96 (0.78 to 1.17)

SHBG

0.92

0.99 (0.9 to 1.1)

0.99

1.00 (0.74 to 1.36)

0.93

1.00 (0.90 to 1.10)

0.86

0.99 (0.90 to 1.10)

0.96

1.01 (0.74 to 1.37)

0.88

0.99 (0.90 to 1.09)

Melanoma

MPB

–

–

–

–

0.84

0.99 (0.91 to 1.08)

–

–

–

–

0.38

0.96 (0.88 to 1.05)

TotalT

–

–

–

–

0.29

0.94 (0.84 to 1.05)

–

–

–

–

0.34

0.94 (0.84 to 1.06)

FreeT

–

–

–

–

0.91

0.99 (0.81 to 1.20)

–

–

–

–

0.84

0.98 (0.78 to 1.22)

SHBG

–

–

–

–

0.22

0.95 (0.88 to 1.03)

–

–

–

–

0.25

0.95 (0.88 to 1.03)